Shearn Delamore & Co

Shearn Delamore & Co‘s full-service shipping and maritime practice handles a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Its expertise covers wet work, such as marine casualties; dry work, including cargo claims; and non-contentious transactional cases such as ship finance issues. The team also has a specialism in compulsory land acquisition relating to maritime projects. The team is led by Rajasingam Gothandapani, whose comprehensive practice covers both contentious and transactional work, including land acquisition matters. Also in the team is Nik Azila Shuhada Binti Nik Abdullah, whose experience also spans wet and dry shipping disputes and non-contentious transactional work.

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Key clients

International Transport Workers' Federation
Brit UW Limited (UK)
Lavenham Underwriting Limited (UK)
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited of Singapore
Grand Ocean & Williams Co., Ltd
Penang Port Sdn Bhd
Boustead Holdings Berhad
National Union of Seafarers Peninsular Malaysia (“NUSPM”)
New Orient Marine Pte Ltd
Cooperative Rabobank U.A (Singapore Branch)
Petra Marine Sdn Bhd
ASL Marine Pte Ltd

Work highlights

Acted for the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), 213 abandoned seafarers, and the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) underwriters in a high-profile admiralty matter concerning the Panama-flagged passenger cruise vessel MV Oriental Dragon.

Acted for the client to recover losses amounting to $34.8m following a mis-delivery of cargo involving the vessel MT Sea Coral. T

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